Eviction specialist Landlord Action says the recent average five per cent drop in possession claims issued at county courts in 2014 has been skewed by a more lenient approach being taken by social landlords.

The Deregulation Bill, under which the government is introducing what is effectively a ban on so-called revenge evictions, will be debated in full by the Lords on Wednesday of this week before returning to the Commons for its final reading.

Spotlight Advertorials

The UK property industry has spent 4 years in an economic maelstrom. We came to this before anyone else in the Country, while bankers, lawyers, accountants and UK PLC executives were still popping Cristal and tugging on Cohibas, the Property Guys were heading for the storm shelter and shouting ‘Twister’. No one listened.

I know that many lettings agents struggle to cope with property maintenance issues, especially emergencies and out of hour’s cover. Roy Fuller, Sales Director explains I know this to be true simply because so many have asked us to provide services for them over the last 6 months alone:

Do you know what really happens when your office is closed, can you say hand on heart that a potential new Landlord or vendor has not tried to make contact with your business? Or a potential new tenant or purchaser has not wanted to try to arrange a viewing. Are you really 100% sure they did not get frustrated having no one to speak with, and as such have spoken to someone else in the meantime.

10 London boroughs are seeking managing agents and property providers to tender for inclusion on a Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of affordable temporary accommodation for families inside and / or outside the M25.

The Search

Members

CommunityTrending Now

What Scottish landlords need to know about mandatory electricity checks

You may have seen that this month it was announced by the Scottish Government that all privately rented property in Scotland will have to adhere to a new mandatory electricity check regime.

If this is news to you – don’t worry, we’re getting this in early. The government has stated that it will apply to new tenancies from December 1 this year and will not be required for existing tenancies until December 1 2016.

The headline piece of information is that landlords will need to carry out fixed wiring checks in the form of an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) every five years.

Yep, I'm a little bit sceptical about this. Some of what they're offering seems a bit too good to be true.It could work very well if it's professionally run and efficient, but as things stand there does seem to be more questions than answers.

The advert is everywhere. They've certainly put some serious monies into their PR drive since they launched, it's just a bit strange they didn't act earlier. I'm still not sure, if you asked ten random people on the street, that they would know what

More to the point, Rightmove will overwhelmingly be number one with the other portals all lagging behind in a distant second. OTM and Zoopla about the same level.OTM will have successfully turned Rightmove into a monopoly. Bet it was worth all thos

Good idea in principle - people always seem to be complaining about how slow the whole conveyancing process is, what do the solicitors actually do for the high fees they quote, etc, etc. However, like with any of these new schemes, the proof of the p